MAURITANIA VS EQU. GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EQU. GUINEA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	4,431	25	231	+ 4,200
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,200	1	2,756	- 556
Malaria	3	1,609	5	1,423	+ 186
Low Birth Weight	4	1,101	2	2,014	- 913
Birth Trauma	5	1,062	7	1,204	- 142
Stroke	6	1,053	6	1,307	- 253
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,009	4	1,636	- 626
Road Traffic Accidents	8	888	8	1,158	- 270
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	841	3	1,656	- 816
Tuberculosis	10	773	9	717	+ 57
Diabetes Mellitus	11	721	12	594	+ 127
Congenital Anomalies	12	601	10	665	- 64
Liver Disease	13	480	13	586	- 105
Kidney Disease	14	478	15	555	- 77
Measles	15	436	61	9	+ 428
Hypertension	16	398	22	286	+ 112
Maternal Conditions	17	334	11	639	- 304
Syphilis	18	323	26	204	+ 119
Meningitis	19	306	18	357	- 51
Lung Disease	20	290	23	275	+ 16
Pertussis	21	263	14	574	- 312
Suicide	22	258	30	141	+ 117
Other Injuries	23	253	19	343	- 90
Breast Cancer	24	203	28	189	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	25	176	27	197	- 21
Asthma	26	157	29	170	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	27	152	36	110	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	28	135	20	333	- 198
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	134	24	251	- 118
Drug Use	30	121	40	71	+ 50
Malnutrition	31	116	17	462	- 347
Falls	32	110	31	140	- 30
Violence	33	108	16	491	- 384
Liver Cancer	34	104	21	312	- 208
Prostate Cancer	35	103	34	118	- 15
Drownings	36	95	35	116	- 21
Oral Cancer	37	83	48	45	+ 38
Epilepsy	38	78	39	75	+ 3
Fires	39	73	33	123	- 50
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	69	37	110	- 41
Lung Cancers	41	64	44	60	+ 4
Tetanus	42	56	45	58	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	53	38	83	- 31
Poisonings	44	51	42	67	- 17
Lymphomas	45	47	43	65	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	46	42	41	69	- 27
Trypanosomiasis	47	40	79	0	+ 40
Skin Cancers	48	39	46	50	- 11
Stomach Cancer	49	38	32	132	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	34	52	34	+ 1
Skin Disease	51	31	47	47	- 16
Ovary Cancer	52	31	49	43	- 12
Alcohol	53	29	58	16	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	54	29	54	30	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	55	27	51	39	- 11
Bladder Cancer	56	20	50	42	- 22
Encephalitis	57	19	53	33	- 14
Uterin Cancer	58	19	57	17	+ 2
Appendicitis	59	13	60	9	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	60	10	59	14	- 3
Leukemia	61	9	55	22	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	9	64	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	63	8	62	7	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	7	65	3	+ 4
Hepatitis B	65	7	56	22	- 15
Upper Respiratory	66	4	68	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	63	5	- 2
Chlamydia	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	1	66	3	- 2
War	71	0	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	69	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Equ. Guinea

Mauritania

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.